Naomi Wolf Arrested While Occupy Wall Street Protests Cuomo

Photograph from ANIMAL NEW YORK, courtesy of @MikeShanePhoto

While members of Occupy Wall Street were outside a Soho event that Governor Cuomo was attending—to protest his refusal to reinstate the "millionaires tax"— the feminist author and activist Naomi Wolf was arrested.

Firedoglake's Kevin Gosztola Tweeted, "Naomi Wolf shows up to inform protesters confronting Cuomo they do not need permit for a megaphone." Police claim that protesters can't be outside Skylight Soho (at 275 Hudson Street) because they need a street activities permit. New Yorkist reported, "Lt someone w/Manhattan South Precinct say people marching are obstructing pedi traffic. Naomi wolf talking, he said: "tell it to the judge!'" ANIMAL NEW YORK further explains, "NYPD told Naomi Wolf that they were going to arrest her for marching in front of Skylight Soho in violation of the event space's SAP permit." And so they arrested her.

What was the event? Apparently Cuomo was being given the "Game Changer of the Year Award" from the Huffington Post. Wolf, who contributes to the HuffPo, had been attending the event. Now protesters are marching to the 1st Precinct, where Wolf has been taken. Get Hipster Cop Det. Rick Lee on this!

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By Jen Chung in News on October 18, 2011 9:33 PM

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Mike Truman

Good for the NYPD
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remyngtin

Obama's affirmative action at work

chee1rs

but they know BS when they see it

Judith van der Roos

I am amazed at some of the idiotic comment posted here(Joe, Potty Boy, Roger), but heartened to see some of the others. Here in Europe we are watching America on a steep slide to being a police state as you turn police departments into military organisations, make increasing use of "permits" to silence demonstration, laws like the Patriot Act to wreck havoc through your (previously very fine) constitution, the massive increase in your internal security service, Fusion spy centers and use of drones to now murder your own citizens. Please go and look at the parallels you NOW share with the state of Germany in the mid thirties. Naomi Wolf has been shouting about this for years now and yet so many of you seem to have no awareness, how is this possible ? My eleven year old has heard of Naomi Wolf, here in Holland my 15 year old nephew is doing a class on America's passage into a totalitarian state and has just finished a paper on the likely uses and impact of your "Protect IP Act" as the next tool in the implementation of a police state. WAKE UP AMERICA

Br00klynian

WOW! Kirstie Alley has really let herself go. That constant see sawing of her diet will be her undoing. She needs to just go get gastric bypass like Star Jones did and get it all over with.

Greg

The same people now "protesting" Cuomo are the same people that were on his dick when he helped legalize gay marriage. Don't these people realize you can't get everything?

Br00klynian

WTF! Kirstie is gay?

Greg

I was not talking about Kirstie Alley. Obviously you know that and are just being a jerk which I appreciate!

Br00klynian

Why is Kirstie Alley not practicing for the All Star Dancing with the Stars. She is ruining her chances of finally wining this thing. More dancing Kirstie and less eating and getting arrested.

uponfifth

She was an advisor to Al Gore for a short time. Tried to make him cool, it didn't work out for either one.

mikehuntertz

Tell the pigs to turn on the tv & watch what is happening in Greece today. Tick tock bitches!

theevilerone

The US is not poised to run out of money in a month. Totally not the same Nice try though.

shocktheday

Yes, if and when a debt crisis hits America, the 99% will suffer. Do you think the top 1% holds much debt ? Do they buy shit on credit ?

Br00klynian

Really bro?....Really?...You dare compare the dire financial status of Greece with that of the United States? How desperate are you for comparisons? Just look at the attire of the people marching here as opposed to there. Those marchers are going hungry unlike the fat marchers here who dine on fine cuisine at Zucotti Park.....They are far from being broke and this country is far from being bankrupted.

mikehuntertz

Suck my dick, yea really bro. Read this ya whiny bitch!
http://moneyland.time.com/2011...
Really bro. Tick tock insinuates future, not present, really bro.

sekaer

ain't no fatties there, bro. you're thinkin' of the tea party, which claims to be all about small gov't but they were on their fat asses when Boosh was prez--it's really all about the black man in office. and just like tony bologna, alot of the NYC rightie rage is about the fact that attractive young women are invariably and from time immemorial on the left, and find any young person who's a conservative just beyond the pale of unf--kable...SORRY!

DP

Finally, somebody speaks some sense.

ktinnyc

"Those marchers are going hungry unlike the fat marchers here who dine on fine cuisine at Zucotti Park..."

Fine cuisine? Troll food must be digusting if you think what they are eating at Zuccotti Park is fine cuisine.